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Do I need my own domain to use systeme.io?
No. Every account comes with a systeme.io subdomain, and systeme.io calls it the default address your pages sit on until you connect your own. Your own domain is something you add later, not a requirement.
The address you already have
Every account carries a systeme.io subdomain. It sits under your profile picture, at Settings, then Custom domains, where the three dots offer Edit subdomain name.
The shape is a name of your choosing in front of systeme.io. The help centre's own example for a sub-account is project-1.systeme.io.
Adding your own costs nothing
The free plan includes 1 custom domain, alongside 2,000 contacts, 3 sales funnels, 1 blog, 1 course and 1 affiliate program.
You still have to buy the domain from a registrar. systeme.io will not buy one on your behalf.
Where a custom domain stops being optional
- The Facebook Pixel. systeme.io's setup guide lists a custom domain in the things you need before you start.
- The Facebook Conversions API. It is configured per domain, at Settings, Custom Domains, the three dots beside the domain, then Settings.
- Building a site out of a blog or a funnel. Both of those guides open by requiring a custom domain already connected.
What connecting one takes away
The domain then points at systeme.io and nothing else. Any site already living at that address, a WordPress or Wix site for instance, stops being reachable there.
A domain name can only be used for one website, so this is not a thing you half do.
If the DNS part is what is stopping you
systeme.io support will connect and authenticate a domain you have already bought, at no charge, on any plan including the free one.
The request starts at systeme.io/free-dns-setup, which carries the button that opens one. The domain has to be bought first: systeme.io states it cannot buy one on your behalf, and names GoDaddy, Namecheap and Hostinger as examples of where to get it.
They ask for the email address on your systeme.io account and the login for your domain registrar, and they recommend changing that registrar password once they tell you the work is done. If two-factor authentication is on, you say so when you request it and they arrange the code with you by email.
Setup is usually finished within a few hours. DNS changes can take up to 48 hours to spread. An SSL certificate is issued for you automatically once the domain is connected, so the padlock appears without you doing anything.
How I checked this answer
Nothing on this site is written from memory. These are the sources I checked to write this answer, and the date I checked them.
- How to change the systeme.io subdomainhelp.systeme.io, article 1761
- How to create a sub-account on systeme.iohelp.systeme.io, article 4243
- How to add Facebook Pixel and setup eventshelp.systeme.io, article 1632
- How to configure the Facebook Conversions API on systeme.iohelp.systeme.io, article 1719
- What are the different methods to create a website?help.systeme.io, article 1596
- How to connect your domain to systeme.iohelp.systeme.io, article 135
- How to request a free DNS setup from systeme.io supporthelp.systeme.io, article 10278
- The free DNS setup page, under Why use a domain?systeme.io/free-dns-setup
- The pricing FAQ below the plan comparison tablesysteme.io/pricing
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From my own use
I only used the systeme.io subdomain while I was building. As soon as I could see it worked, I connected my own domain.
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